David Thomas (New York)

David Thomas (11 June 1762-27 November 1831) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NY 7) from 1801 to 1803 (succeeding John Thompson and preceding Josiah Hasbrouck) and from NY-12 from 1803 to 1808 (preceding Nathan Wilson).

Biography
David Thomas was born in Pelham, Massachusetts in 1762, and he served in the militia during the American Revolutionary War before moving to Salem, New York in 1784 and opening a tavern. He went on to serve in the State Assembly in 1794 and from 1797 to 1800 and in the US House of Representatives from 1801 to 1808. Thomas went on to serve as State Treasurer from 1808 to 1810 and from 1812 to 1813, and he died in 1831.